Eyeleting-machine.



No. 880,376. PATENTED FEB. 25, 1908. x

S. FIELD.

EYELETING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 12. 1906.

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No. 880,376. PATENTED FEB. 25, 1908. S. FIELD.

BYELBTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 12. 1906.

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EYELBTING MACHINE.

APILIGATION FILED APR. 12. 1906.

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WITNESSES- S. FIELD.

BYELBTING MACHINE.

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PATENTED FEB. 25, 1908.

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EYELETING MACHINE.

APYL )A'IIOH FILED APR. 12. 190B.

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Wrrmzsszsv 6M6 INVENTDR- i i l l UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SEYMOUR FIELD, OF QUINCY, MASSACHI'SETTS, ASSIGNOR TO UNITED SHOE MACHINERY- CGMPANY, OF PATERSON, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

'" "ELETING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 25, 1908.

' .luplication filed April 12.1906. Serial in. 211309.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, SEYMOUR Frau). a

-' citizen of the ,United States, residing at Quinc v,in the county of Norfolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented certain Imprm'cments in ijytlfflllg-lliltllllltS,

- of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like reference.characters on the drawings indicating like parts in the several figures,

This invention relates to machines for setting fasteners such, for example. as eyelets or lacing hooks; and it pertains more particularly to improved means for setting fasteners of various shapes in predetermined positions on the stock. The word position is used herein to express the manner in which the parts or dimensions of a fastener are disosed on the stock, as distinguished from the lhcation of the fastener as a whole relative to the area or extremities of the stock. That is to say, one "position" of an oval eyelet might be defined by saying that its greater diameter is )arallel to the edge of the stock, regardless oi the distance from said edge at which said eyelet is located.

.lt is freqin-ntly necessary to set fasteners which are non-circular, unsymmetrical or otherwise irregularly shaped, in predetermined positions on the stock and in the following description and claims the term irregularly shaped" is to be understood as referring to fasteners such as those of this type, the dimensions of which vary in differentdirections measured on a plane substantially perpendicular to the settingdevices. For example, it may he required to set oval eyelets in each flap of a shoe upper with' their greater diameters substantially parallel, or in other angular relation. with the edge of said flap. Ordinarily machines for setting fasteners have feeding devices which deliver fasteners prearranged in the proper position to he set in the stock, 1'. 0., the feeding devices resent the fasteners with their parts or (imcnsions disposed in that relation to the stock which they are intended finally to have when set in the stock. The setting devices of such machines have been adapted merely to set fasteners in their prearranged posit-ions.

F is well exemplified in a familiar type of machine wherein feeding devices deliver fasten- I ers in succession into axial alinement with seltingdcvices, and the. latter set the fasteners in the stock in the position predetermined by the action of the feeding devices. Evidently, if it he desired to employ a machine having the above described characteristics, for setting fasteners in new or unusual positions on the stock, some change might be made in the feeding devices'which would adapt them to deliver the fasteners in the required position. Such a change. in feeding,devices would atlcastinvolve consider able inconvenience and, in fact, the eneral organization of most machines wou ld not permit. changes in the feeding devices of sufficient scope to provide for setting fasten-- ers in many positions which might be desired. The present invention is designed to obviate any difficulty of this sort by permitting any g practicable form of feeding means to co-operate with devices for receiving fasteners from i the feedingmeans and arranging them in adel sired position which may be different from the position determined by the feeding devices.

In this connection an important feature of the invention comprises the combination (a setting devices, feeding means, and means independent of the feeding means for determining the osition of a fastener on the stock; A re erred embodiment of this feature of t ie invention consists in a machine for setting eyelets, having setting devices, a raceway for delivering eyelets to the setting devices, means for causing one of the setting devices to receive an eyelet from the raceway, and means arranged to act upon said set-ting device for determining the position of an eyelet in the stock.

The preferred embodiment just referred. to constitutes the subject of a detailed description hereinafter set forth for purposes of illustration; but it is to he understood that this invention is not limited in the scope of 'its application to use in connection with this specific embodiment or in connection with machines of the same type. (crtain features of the invention are applicable to machines for setting lacing hooks and other fasteners. The accompanying drawings represent portions of a machine of .the tyie shown in United States Letters Patent, No. 603,023, granted April 26, 1898. Enough of such a machine is shown and described herein to elucidate its operation in connectionwith plan view of an oval eyelet such as may be set on the specific machine shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a vertical section of the eyelet shown in Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a front elevation of the parts of the machine shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 5 1s a detail rear elevation, partly in section, of the plunger for the lower setting device of the machine; Fig. 6 is a detail front elevation showing the parts in proper position for the 'introduction of the stock; Fig. 7 is a side elevation of Fig. 6; F lg. 8 is a detail front elevation showing the punt-h in the act of makin a hole in the stock; Fig. 9 is a detail front eTevation showing the upper setting device engaging the stock at the beginning of its feeding movement; Fig. 10 is a side elevation of the parts arranged as shown in Fig. 9; Fig. 11 is a detail front elevation showing the ositions of the parts at the completion of a ceding movement of the stock. Figs. 1, 4 and 5 are approximately one-half size. Figs. 2 and 3 are drawn to a scale of two to one. All the remaining figures are actual size.

The specific embodiment of the invention i will be described in connection with the setting of oval eyelets one of which is shown in Figs. 2 and 3. Each eyelet a has an oval head and a barrel which is oval in cross section. Preferably a supply of eyelets contained in a ho per (not shown) from which they pass witii their barrels extending upwardly into an appropriately constructed raceway b. The raceway b is arranged to conduct the oval eyelets down its inclined floor with their barrels upward and their greater diameters extending along the line of their travel For this purpose it is especially convenient to utilize a raceway intended primarily for feeding circular eyelets ofa diameter substantially or exactly equal to the lesser diameter of the oval eyelet. Thus the same raceway may be used for both circular and oval eyelets. A raceway of the preferred type comprises a smooth fioor which inclines downwardly, and a pair of guiding rails spaced apart a distance which is slightly renter than the diameter of an eyelet barre intended to lie between them, and spaced from the floor sufficiently to permit t e heads of eyelets to travel between the latter and the adjacent faces of the rails. The guiding rails as shown in "the drawings are s aced from each other a distance slight y greater than the lesser diameter of the barrel of one of the oval eyelets a; and

consequently as these eyelets proceed down punc stantly with their greater diameters disposed lengthwise of the raceway. with the specific arrangement shown in the drawings,-when an e clet reaches the feed end of the raceway the greater diameter of said eyelet will be positionedin a sub stantially perpendicular relation to the edge of the stock in a position which is determined by the action of the specific feeding devices. If then it be desired to set-the eyelet in a position on the stock involving a different relation, it is convenient to rel upon some agency independent of the fee ing devices which latter are not adapted to prearrange an eyelet in any position other than that just described. The raceway b is Hence,

sup orted upon a bracket 0 and is arranged to e reciprocated lengthwise toward and the purpose of alternately delivering an eyelet thereto and then retiring to an inactive position- This movement of the raceway may be eflected by any practicable means, many of which are already known in the art, as, for example by the mechanism shown in the, above-men ioned patent.

The operation of the machine shown in the accompanying drawings consists in three principal teps:(l) punching a hole in the stock; (2) feeding the punched hole into position for the reception of an eyelet; and (3) inserting an eyelet in said hole and clenching its barrel upon the stock. The instrumentalities for performing these several steps comprise a punch (1, an upper set e and a lower set f. During the operation of tlie machine the stock is supported upon a table 9 and is held against the table under certain conditions a presser foot 2.. The punch 11 is carried adjustably in an arm 11 which is arranged to be rocked for de ressing the punch against the stock. so the -carryin'g arm 2'- is arranged to be reciprocated laterally; thus, from the position shown in. Fig. 4, the arm is movable in the direction of an arrow 20. The punch 4? cooperates With an anvil 7', preferably of soft metal, which is stationary during the operatlon of punching the hole in the stock and which partaites of the lateral movement of the punch: (See Fig. 8). The upper set e is movable toward and from the table 9 and is also movable laterally in consonance with like movement of the punch (Z. The upper set is a-zljustably mounted in a carrier k and is maintained rigid therein by a set-screw (see Fig. 6). after the lower set f is stationary laterally,

its axis having a constant position. The set is, however, arranged to be vertically reciprocated for receiving an evelet from the racewev and carrying it to the stock.

he presser foot 72 is held yieldingly against the table 9 by a spring 1 which bears at one the raceway they will be maintained coni cud against a rigid part ofthe frame of the As will be described hereinstock against the table.

machine (see Fig. 1) and at the other end againsta collar (not shown) on the vertically movable rod 111 to the upper end of which the presser foot is secured. in a manner well known to those familiar with the art the presser foot is arranged to be elevated for releasing the stock when the latter is about. to begin a feeding movement, and is again depressed for engaging the stock after said feeding movementhas been completed. Furthermore, the presser foot .may be elevated by a treadle or otherwise to permit the introduction of the stock beneath it. before initiating the operation of the machine.

The punch (I, the upper-set e and the presser foot IL cooperate in the following manner. These parts occupy the positions shown in Fig. 6 when the operator is about to introduce the stock. The presser foot h is first elevated and the stock is placed upon the table 9 with its edge against an adjustable edge gage 72 (see Fig. 7) and then the'presser foot is permitted to descend and press the Thereafter the much is moved from the position shown in ig= '6 t0 the position shown in Fig. to cooperate with the anvil g for punching a hole in the stock. From this position the punch is moved at once upwardly and to the right (as viewed .inl ig. S). Simultaneously the .upper set e is moved to the right until it exactly registers with the hole justpunched, whereupon it descends until its projecting shank 0 enters the hole as shown in Fig. 9. In this manner the stock is securely engaged, being supported from beneath by the tulle g and having the shank o of the upper set closely fitting in the recently punched hole. As the shank 0 of the upper set enters the hole in the stock the presser foot is actomatic-ally elevated to release the stock and permit it to be fed. The feeding of the star; is ell'eeted by moving the it per set from the position shown in Fig 9 to the left (as viewed in Fig. 9) until the upper and lower sets are in exact axial alinement, the shank 0 of the upper set remaining in the hole of the stoci. during this entire movement. Preferably the presser foot descends to rengage the stock shortly after the feeding movement has ceased. In order to accommodate the lateral movement of the shank o, and the anvil j, the table 9 is provided with a slot similar to that. shown in the aforementioned patent. The anvil projects upwardly into this slot; and the shank 0, when the upper set is depressed, projects downwardly into the slot. Upon being elevated the lower set. f projects upwardly through the slot to meetthe. upper set.

The operation describcdin the preceding paragraph may be etlected by anv practicable means. For examplr, suita le actuating means for the punch and upper set are .85 shown in the aforementioned patent. The

arrangement and operation of the pre ser 5 foot is well known to those s. illed in the art. I Any further illustration or description ofthe actuating elements for these parts would he i superfluous. l The lower set 7' has a spring-finger p of the usual type an is carried on a rotatable plunger A which in turn is supported upon a non-rotatable plunger ,7. The plunger A matter explained, by means of an eccentric pm i carried by a. disk u which is preferably secured to the ower shaft r of the machine.

{ The pin Hits shdingly in a bearing in a block.

.- -u and said block tr is arranged toslide freely lcngthwisein a camath .r provided in an enlarged nation of t 1e non-rotatable plunget (1. Thus, as the ower shaft '1' rotates, the plunger 1 and wit 1 it the plunger A, are caused to reciprocate vertically. The springpressed linger p of the lower set is normally protruded. hen the set is at its lowermost limit of movement the upper extremity I of the linger 1:.lies directly beneath and in ahnement with the cndmost eyelet in the raceway 71. the latter having been projected forward to suit, .this purpose. This lowermost position is occupiedby the lower set after the parts have been moved fromthe lave reached the positions shown in Fig. 9. When at its uppermost limit of movementthe lower set is in position to cooperate with the upper set. for setting an eyelet in the stock (see Figs. 1 and 2).

As has already been stated the raceway 7: presents an oval eyelet into alinementwith the lower set, in a substantially perpendicular relation to the edge of the stock as it lies against the edge gage 'n. it is assumed, for purposes of explanation, that an eyelet; so presented is desired to be set in the stock with its greater diameter suhstanially parallel to the edge of the stock. To this end the lower setf is arranged to receive an evelet from the raceway and to move said eyelet, independently of the feeding means, to the position in which it is desired to be inserted in the stock. in order to accomplish this particular purpose, suggested by way of illustration, it is con enient to take an eye- -le.tfrom the 'racewav, and to rotate it about its longitudinal axis through suhstantiall': ninety degrees until its greater diameter is substantially parallel to the edge of the positions shown in Fig. h and belore they $32 l eirmbly the eyelet is thus rotated I i f il l the cooperation (if 8. A i ll l x g d in the rotatable plunhm r' v, 1 a f y? MM uuuhimllgkll} supported n the Willi-path has two vertical dwells mitics; and these dwells, M Hcmplated by the present disposed at substantially ch other relative to the axis Said two dwells are cong g l." lqne ram-path. The rigid O P r threaded into that part & ,l::, l:;:ti!1,1e of (h machine which supplies 'lg. ll. Obviously, when tic, Y. f p l plunger q is moved veri ggr il 'mrym therotatable plun- Z h l vaunpath C andpln I) will f fhtlv the plun er A through l l? y degrees 'rom the os if its u'vztupics when at the lowermost lmlt mow, 1 nnd when the plunger 9 is in (O \11\\'nl1ll the cam-path and pin z' 'lf l otate the plunger A in rescmm n cnon to its initial position. This flfls t l il the plunger A about its axis, the l ll'Nl change in the position of m l the latter has escaped the PM i raceway b, and causes said mi/-11 f fi allmc the relation to the stock h fd to have when set. ex )M "P tton of the machine, as already 1 M tho hrst step consists in punching 2P5 m the sine r. hen'thevarious pal ts 3,, g l l positions loathe reception ah l flllm owersctj 1S m the pos1- M3? i PL 6, having completed the tion M, {I tlmrhward travel in the direc- Who" 6 9 ow .21 (see Figs. 6 and 8). hole l P n h 1N actuated for making a dewH s i l\ o lowerset is st1ll'further (See lt: direction of the arrow 21 mm .2- llulu the punch 15 being rep l {mm he stock, and the upper set is l 'ed laterally into alincment with s zl l um'lwd hole, the lower set f As Hm I"% fll'llmst limit of movement. this m P35 t moves downwardly during war l ovray b is pro ected forinto A om tho position shown in Fig. 7, the s Pf l n shown in Fig 1 wherein l} P m the raceway is located m of Mia almonwnt with the spring-finger l he lower act (see Fig. 10). The fi j is preferably oval in cross i i l}" 18 of such dimensions as to lit l lun the barrel of one of the oval 3 i ed e set on this specific mazi l lrr set fis so disposed on the ter M J P 3 2" A that the greater diame- 1 (111 filnln gmiger p Wlll be par j f' g fi m diameter of an eyelet at {'l hlol the raceway, when the plun- 65 E l5 t the lowermost limit of its move- 1 911d 18 m that angular position which determined by the engagement of the pin D and the upper vertical dwell of the campath C (see Fig. 10). As the upper set begins its descent to engage the hole in the stock just made by the unch, the plunger A and the lower setf egin to move upwardly in the direction of the arrow 22 (see Fig. 10). During the first stage of this 11 ward movement of the lower set f, the pin l) is in engagement with the upper dwell of the ca1n-path O and consequently the siringfinger p of the lower set is maintaine with its greater diameter substantially parallel with the greater diameter of the eyelet located immediately above it. These, relations continue as the 11 per set is moved for feeding the stock and until the springfinger p, still moving upwardly, enters the barrel of the eyelet a at the feed end of the raceway and engages it securely. Just before 35 the upper set, during its feeding movement, brings the hole in the stock into axial alinement with the lower set, the oblique portion of the cam-path C engages the pin D and initiates the rotation of the plunger A and the lower set f about their common axis. The relative dimensions of the spring-fin er p and the interior of the barrelof the eye et a are such that said eyelet is incapable of rotating about the spring-finger. Hence, when the spring-finger has entered the barrei of the eyelet, and when the lower set has begun to rotate about its under the infiuence of the pin 1), the eyelet a will also be moved angularly about its longitudinal axis. When the spring-finger p has entered and firmly engaged the barrel of the eyelet a the raceway begins its retreat to inactive position and concurrently the upper set e completes its feeding movement. Thus at this stage in the operation of the Ina-chine the upper and-lower sets are in exact axial alinement, the shank o of the upper set projects downwardly through a hole in the stock' which also registers accurately with no the two sets, and the spring-finger p is in intimate engagement with an eyelet. Further -upward movement of the lower set f is accompanied b further retreat of the raceway and firm y the eyelet 0 becomes free from the influence of the hitherto detaining spring-stop 2 at the feed end of the raceway. Fig. 11 shows the parts just as the raceway is about to retreat to leave the eyelet entirely free. Progressing further 129 upward the lower vertical dwell of the camath G engages the pin D, the lower set f raving been in the meantime rotated about its through substantially ninety degrees. At about the same time the upper extremity of the spring-finger p strikes the lower end of the shank o of the upper set.

As shown in the acc'oinpang'ing drawings the cutting edge of the punch is oval and is of proper size to punch a hole for the recep- 130 pose tion of the eyelet (1. Also. the punch is so disposed relatively to the intended position of the stock on the table g. that the grater diameter of it oval cutting edge will lie substantially par: llel to the edge of the stock: consequently. the hole is properly arranged to receive an evelet in the desired position. The shank of the u iper set a is oval in cross section and is slightly tapered. The shank u is also disposed with its greater diameter uhstantiallv parallel with the edge of the stock. as is the tip-setting surface enircling the base of the shank -\s the lower set ascends further the spring-linger p is held stationary by the shank o and is lll"l) depressed into the interior of the setf. When the lower vertical dwell of the campath C is in engagement with the pin l) the upper and lower sets register exactly in every particular: that is to say their axes coincide and homologous diameters of their oval portions are exactly parallel. Consequently as the lower set continues to ascend the barrel of the eyelet (1, carried by the spring-finger p, first encircles the tapered lower end of the shank n, then enters the hole in the stock, and finally the edge of the barrel strikes the upsetting surface of the upper set 0. .\t this juncture the upper setis preferably moved slightly downward, while the lower set. is completing its upward movement and thus the two sets cooperate v to upset; the barrel of thee velet over on the stock (see Figs. 1 and 2). This completes the cycle of operations of the machine.

in order that the spring-linger shall invariably he properlv situated for engaging an eyelet at the feed end of the raceway it. is preferred that the upper vertieai dwell of the camiath he accurately formed and dis- (l till the rotatahl'e plunger A. vions that an eyelet could he set in the stock in any desired position by providing a piunger for the lower sethaving a suitably shaped cam-path, and by angularly adjusting the punch and upper set to suit the posisition intended for the eyelet. It would be within the scope of this invention to make the cam-path :nljnsta-hle on th rotatable plunger for varying the amount of rotation of the plung r and thereh permitting eyelets to he set in dillerent positions on the stock h means of a single plunger. lt preferred, h u ver. to provide a plurality of plnngtr having rains of klill'erent designs appropriate to dillerent positions in which it may he required to set e \'eh-ts .\n indelinite number of uch plnngers could he employed alternatively or setting eyeletsin an equal number of differ nt. positions on the stock; and, i Hllt l' to eyelets having snhstantia-lly tptai es ential dimensions. all of said plunget coal-i hr and in mnjmietion with a single raceway \HillUU! n -eessita 'ng any chan e whatever a: h feeding 1a..

ll is oh-,

{or in the general organization of the machine. The non-rotatable plunger (1 and the )htnget are readily removable, and may in replaced by a pinnger having a. cam of ditl'erent design. h simply \vithdrawin the screws E and removing the caps of the earings in which the plungers reciprocate.

The invention embodied in the above described specific machine is readily a plicable to machines for setting fasteners of various forms and shapes in different positions on stock.

To suit eei ain conditions which might be met with in extended use of the invention for diverse purposes it might be necessary to make considerable alteration in the specific machine shown and described herein. The character of such changes, however, will be apparent to one skilled in the art and are, of course, to be construed as included within the proper sco e of this invention as it is defined in the so )joined claims.

Patent of the United Statesisz- V 1. In a machine for setting fasteners, the combination of upper and lower setting devices provided with means'for determining the angular position of a fastener in the stock, means for feeding the fasteners into alinement with said setting devices, and actuating mechanism for said parts.

2. In a machine for setting fasteners, the combination of setting devices for receiving a fastener in one position, actuating means for causing said setting devices to set the fastener in another position, and means actuated by the movement of said setting devices to turn the fastener about its axis from the receiving position to the setting position.

3. in a machine for setting fasteners, the combination of feeding means arranged to receive a previously formed fastener and to deliver it in alincment with the )lace in the stock in which it is to be inserte. means for changing the position of a fastener after it is so delivered and before the setting operation, and means for setting the fastener in the stock in said changed position.

4. in a machine for setting fasteners, the combination of setting devices; feeding means arranged to receive a previously formed fastener and to )resent it in alinemcntwith the setting teviees; means for changing the position of a fastener after ithas been presented by the feeding means and before the setting operation; and actuating mechanism for said parts.

5. In a machine for setting fasteners, the combination of feeding means arranged to receive a previously formed elongated fastener and to deliver it in alinement with the place in the stock at which it s to be inserted with one tlililPXL'siuil substantially perpen dicular to the edge of the stock; means for llaving described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters changing the position of a fastener so that said dimension shall have a different angular relation with the edge of the stock; and means for setting the fastener in the stock in said changed position.

6. In a machine for setting fasteners, the combination of setting devices; feeding means; means independent of the feeding 'means for determining the position of a fastener on the stock. said means being removable to be replaced by other means for determining a different position of a fastener; and actuating mechanism for said parts.

7. In a machine for settingfastcners, the.

combination of feeding means arranged for delivering irregularly shaped fasteners; means for changing the position of fasteners so delivered; means for punchin a hole appropriately sha ed and positioned for the reception of the astener in its changed posi tion; and means for set-ting a fastener in said hole.

dsettin it therein.

9'. I n a machine for setting fasteners, the combination of a raceway arranged to deliver fasteners in a predetermined position relative to the ed e of the stock and in alinement with the place in the stock in which they are to be set means for taking a fastener from said raceway, changing its angular po sition relative to the edge of the stock, and

. setting it in its changed position in the stock.

. combination of a racewa hvermg a fastener H13 menicnt with the,

10. In a machine for setting fasteners, the

combination of a raceway arranged to deliver fasteners in a predetermined position; means for taking a astenerfrom said raceway, char-wing its position, and setting it in its changed position in the stock, said means bein removable to be replaced by means whici set a fastener in the stock in a different osition. f

11. n a machine for setting fasteners, the combination of a raceway arranged to deliver-fasteners in a predetermined position; means for taking a fastener from said raceway, chan ing its position, and setting it in its changed posit-ion in the stock, said means being removable to permit the substitution of means for setting a fastener in a different position in the stock.

12. In a machine or setting fasteners, the

arranged for deplace in the stock at which it is to be intener delivered by the feeding means; means in which it is delivered by the raceway.

13. In a machine for setting fasteners, the combination of feeding --n1eans arranged to receive a previously formed fastener and to deliver said fastener fo the setting operation;

a setting device he d against lateral movement and arranged for acting upon a fasfor moving said setting device to change the position of the fastener; and a second setting device which'cooperates with the first for setting the fastener in' the stock in its changed position.

14. Ina machine for setting fasteners, the combination of feeding means arranged for receiving and delivering a previously ormed fastener; means for rotating a fastener so de-. livered about its longitudinal axis in order tochange its position; and means for setting a fastener in the stock in its changed position.

15. In a machine for combination of cooperating setting devices one of which is movable about its axis; a raceway arranged to deliver fasteners to the axially movable settin device which is 5.1 ranged for receivim a fastener and carrying it to the stock; and means for rotating sai setting device about its axis for changing the position of the fastener which it has re-. ceivcd from the raceway. a

16. In a machine for setting fasteners, the combination of cooperating setting devices one of which is arranged to be axially reciprocated; actuating means for the latter; means for delivering a previously formed fastener to said setting device; and means actuated-by the reciprocation of said setting device for changing the position of a fastener delivered thereto.

17. In a machine for setting fasteners, the combination of cocperating setting devices; a rotatable plunger upon which one of said setting de ices is mounted; an axially movable plunger for carrying said rotatable plunger; means for reciprocating said axially movable plunger; means for delivering a fastener to said setting device; and means operating prior to the setting operation for setting fasteners, the

SEYMOUR FIELD.

oscillating the rotatable plunger upon which Witnesses:

ANNA CLIFFORD BRIER, Lannnnon A. JANNEY.

Correction in Letters Patent No. 880,376.

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent; No. 880,376, granted Feb-nary 25, 1908,

upon the application of Seymour Field, of Quincy, Massachusetts, for an improvement in Eyeleting-Machines, an error appears in the printed specification requiring corl rection, as foliowh: In line 60, page 6, the word or shduld read for; and that the said Letters Patent shnuld be read with this coi rection therein that the same may conform to the record of the case iii the Patent Oflice. Y

Signed and sealed this 24th day of March, A. D.,

C. C. BILLINGS, Acting Comniauomr of Patents. 

